Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East: China, Volume VIII

893.00/1–849: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (Cabot) to the Secretary of State

Shanghai, January 8, 1949.
[Received January 8—1:34 p. m.]

66. China Daily Tribune January 8 reports Shanghai Bankers Associations address messages Generalissimo and Mao Tse-tung urging peace. Yesterday motor car floats accompanied by music parade through Shanghai streets distributing handbills, leaflets with motif of peace.

Sent Nanking 52, repeated Department 66.

Cabot